Nielsen Hayden genealogy
James Nourse
1758 - 1799 (41 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. James Nourse was born on 11 Mar 1758 in London, England (son of James Nourse and Sarah Fouace); died in Jul 1799 in near Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. James married Sarah Benois in 1789. Sarah was born in South Carolina; died after 1799 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Charles Benois Nourse was born on 5 Aug 1792 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky; died on 11 Jul 1864 in near Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky.
2. James Nourse died on 10 Oct 1784 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland. Notes:
He was a woolen draper of London. He and his wife emigrated to Virginia in 1769, first settling near Hampton, then removing the following year to Piedmont. in 1778 he was a representative for Berkeley County to the Virginia House of Delegates. Later, in 1781, he was appointed commissioner to settle the claims of Maryland against the infant Federal government, and relocated to Annapolis as a result.
He is said to have been born 19 Jul 1731 at Weston-under-Penyard, Herefordshire, a son of John Nourse and Eliza Gregory.James married Sarah Fouace on 30 Sep 1753. Sarah (daughter of Gabriel Fouace and Sarah Burton) died after 10 Oct 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Sarah Fouace (daughter of Gabriel Fouace and Sarah Burton); died after 10 Oct 1784. Children:
- 1. James Nourse was born on 11 Mar 1758 in London, England; died in Jul 1799 in near Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky.
Generation: 3
6. Gabriel Fouace was born in Caen, Calvados, France. Notes:
He was a magistrate of the City of London. His family left Caen at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nates.
Gabriel married Sarah Burton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Sarah Burton Children:
- 3. Sarah Fouace died after 10 Oct 1784.